Socioeconomic Status and Child Abuse

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Trickett ◽  
J. L. Aber ◽  
V. Carlson ◽  
D. Cicchetti
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Status Moderates the Impact of Emotional but not Physical Childhood Abuse on Women’s Sleep

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Currie ◽  
Erin K. Higa ◽  
Lisa-Marie Swanepoel
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Physical Child Abuse ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Childhood Socioeconomic Status ◽  
The Impact

AbstractA recent systematic review highlighted associations between childhood abuse and adult sleep quality, and the need for research focused specifically on women and the role of moderating variables. The objectives of the present study were (1) to assess the impact of frequent physical and emotional child abuse on adult sleep among women; and (2) to assess the role that childhood socioeconomic status (SES) could play in moderating these associations. In-person data were collected from women living in a mid-sized city in western Canada in 2019–2020 (N = 185; M age = 40 years). Sleep quality was measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Physical and emotional abuse experienced often or very often in childhood were assessed using single items (yes or no). Childhood SES was assessed by a single item and dichotomized at the sample median. Linear regression models examined associations between each form of abuse and continuous adult sleep quality score adjusted for covariates. Statistically significant interactions were stratified and examined by child SES group. Frequent physical and emotional childhood abuse were each associated with clinically and statistically significant increases in past-month sleep problem scores among women in adjusted models. This association was moderated by childhood SES for emotional child abuse, but not physical child abuse. Findings suggest that growing up in an upper-middle to upper SES household may buffer the adverse impact of frequent emotional child abuse on later adult sleep, but may not promote resilience in the context of frequent physical child abuse. 

Relationship of socioeconomic status to the etiology and developmental sequelae of physical child abuse.

1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope K. Trickett ◽  
J. Lawrence Aber ◽  
Vicki Carlson ◽  
Dante Cicchetti
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Physical Child Abuse ◽  
Relationship Of

scholarly journals Socioeconomic status lower levels of parental knowledge about child abuse, neglect, experiences and discipline methods used

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yildiz Bilge ◽  
Medine Tasar ◽  
Betul Kilincoglu ◽  
Selda Ozmen ◽  
lku Tiras
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Parental Knowledge

scholarly journals Prevalence of Child Abuse and Correlations with Family Factors Among Elementary School-aged Children

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raheleh Rafaiee ◽  
Fahimeh Mohseni ◽  
Nafiseh Akbarian
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
School Children ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
P Value ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Abuse And Neglect

Background: The economic pressure on Iranian families has increased in recent years. Objectives: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of child abuse in three domains of physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect among a sample of elementary school children in Iran and compare the results with previous studies from Iran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 400 elementary school children were selected through multistage cluster sampling from Shahroud, Iran, and assessed for all child abuse domains, except for sexual abuse, using a validated self-administered Persian questionnaire. Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the participants were collected. Data were statistically analyzed, and a p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age of the participants was 10.83 years (SD = 1.9). Overall, 63.8%, 27%, and 90.3% of children reported emotional abuse, physical abuse, and neglect, respectively. There were significant associations between the mother’s employment status and neglect (P < 0.001), father’s education and physical child abuse (P = 0.03), and father’s smoking and emotional child abuse (P < 0.001). The results showed that lower levels of family socioeconomic status had significant effects on neglect (P = 0.006) and emotional child abuse (P = 0.003). Conclusions: Among the studied children, 73.8% declared at least one type of child abuse. It seems that the prevalence of neglect increased among school-aged children compared to previous studies from Iran. The low socioeconomic status of the family is significantly related to child abuse. Family physicians and school counselors play important roles in identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect. Therefore, they should be more involved in the prevention of child abuse.

Attentiveness to the Voiceless

2020 ◽  
pp. 163-187
Author(s):  
Joyce Mathwasa ◽  
Zoleka Ntshuntshe
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
Political Instability ◽  
Child Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Parental Behaviour ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Social ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Parents And Caregivers

Children worldwide begin life with greater vulnerability as they suffer from various forms of mistreatment, discrimination, and exploitation at the hands of those who are supposed to protect and provide for them. This chapter focuses on how the rights of the child are violated through child abuse and neglect based on socioeconomic status in multi-religious and multi-cultural societies. Child abuse and neglect are social ills that threaten to diminish the social and moral obligation of every parent causing moral decay in the youth populace. While neglect may be viewed as parental behaviour of failure to nurture children, children suffer various forms of abuse from trusted relatives, caregivers, and strangers. Factors such as political instability, famine, and poverty have robbed children of their right to normal life. The chapter will also explore the criticisms or loopholes in the children's rights so that parents and caregivers can infuse them in their nurturing of the child.

Exposure to Violence in the Families-of-Origin among Wife-Abusers and Maritally Nonviolent Men

1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Caesar
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Early Exposure ◽  
Families Of Origin

This study examined violence in the families-of-origin among wife assaulters and maritally nonviolent men. Participants were 26 wife abusers and 18 nonviolent men in therapy. Early exposure to marital violence and child abuse was assessed through interviews that were coded both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results indicated that batterers were more likely than comparison subjects to have been abused as children, to have witnessed their father beating their mother, and to have been disciplined as children with corporal punishment. Fathers were no more likely than mothers to have abused the men. There were no differences between groups in reports of parental child abuse toward siblings of the men. Differences between groups in exposure to violence were studied to explain why men who grew up in violent homes were not abusive toward their spouses. Socioeconomic status and family dynamics were examined to explain the results.

Parent Social Attractiveness, Parent Sex, Child Temperament, and Socioeconomic Status as Predictors of Tendency to Report Child Abuse

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Hardaway Osborne ◽  
Lisa D. Hinz ◽  
Neil B. Rappaport ◽  
Harriet S. Williams ◽  
June M. Tuma
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Temperament

Increased Child Abuse in Families with Twins

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 769-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie R. Groothuis ◽  
William A. Altemeier ◽  
Joyce P. Robarge ◽  
Susan O'Connor ◽  
Howard Sandler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Maternal Age ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Birth Date ◽  
Apgar Scores ◽  
Large Families ◽  
Single Birth

Large families and inadequate spacing of children increase the risk for abuse. Twin births incorporate both of these factors, yet the association of twinning with subsequent abuse has not been explored. Forty-eight families with twins from St Vincent Hospital and Medical Center and Nashville General Hospital were compared with 124 single-birth families, matched for hospital of delivery, birth date, maternal age, race, and socioeconomic status. Three control (2.4%) and nine twin (18.7%) families were reported for maltreatment (P &lt; .001). Mothers of twins experienced greater previous parity than did control subjects (P &lt; .001). Twins also had significantly longer nursery stays (P &lt; .001), lower birth weights (P &lt; .001), and lower Apgar scores at one (P &lt; .01) and five (P &lt; .05) minutes. A regression analysis incorporating all of these variables, however, showed that twin status was most predictive of subsequent abuse.

scholarly journals 1544 Socioeconomic Status Lower Levels of Parental Knowledge about Child Abuse, Neglect, Experiences and Discipline Methods used

2012 ◽  
Vol 97 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A437-A437
Author(s):  
Y. D. Bilge ◽  
M. Tasar ◽  
B. Kilincoglu ◽  
S. Ozmen ◽  
U. Tiras
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Parental Knowledge
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